duel_links

[wanton river]

This game sucks.

I lost this game btw

[dapper grotto]

Bro was cookin' with that hard-drawn Magicalized Fusion.

[dapper grotto]

Best bundle packs ever.

[robust void]

the selection box looks meh

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, I don't think I'm getting in that one either.

[timber river]

Bruhhh they put Amazing Dealer in the Selection Box

[timber river]

... is this pun really the only reason she has Pinch Hopper?

[quick axle]

Yes.

[sleek garnet]

Its actual name is Pinch Hitter in the ocg, to be exact

[sleek garnet]

@robust void as it turns out dl's rush deck size was not designed around "mill 7", funny right?

[robust void]

having milling skills was a psychotic idea from ground zero

[dapper grotto]

...So this is our Insect Duelist now.

Though ig just getting Pinch Hopper to hand isn't exactly a great skill lmao.

[timber river]

tbf they were playing Legend Draw before

[sleek garnet]

Yea it aint great but its better than the alternatives lol

[young viper]

Rush is still basically in its infancy. Can’t wait to see the world tournament for it next year

[potent ravine]

a 5 years old card game is still in its infancy?

[young viper]

In duel links

[young viper]

But this is also still very young for a card game. Not infancy but pretty young

[potent ravine]

kindergarten

is duel links rush even a real game

hard to take it seriously

[young viper]

Adopted card game

[young viper]

Just finished work and got this guy

I wanna say he’ll be useful but I’m not entirely sure. He seems iffy

[quick axle]

It's not.

[young viper]

I mean he can have some use
He’s not the best of his type by any means, but he’d an option

[quick axle]

Not really.

[dapper grotto]

Is it....is it finally Marik's turn to be here?!

[quick axle]

That sounds like Marik alright.

[young viper]

its an entire format, so yes

[young viper]

there were good choices for DM still to put out and Marik when we already have the evil version who actually dueled seems superfluous. bad choice imo

[dapper grotto]

People have been asking for regular Marik for ages, so I'd say this is a good choice for the sake of that.

Pray we get Gravekeeper skills or something.

[quick axle]

But who would be his ace?

That's the biggie.

For all intents and purposes, it could be Slifer the Executive Producer.

[young viper]

Finally ready to complete the Ishtar family

[quick axle]

It could be Ra too, but base Marik didn't know all Ra's skills, unlike Yami Marik.

[young viper]

Idk if I’m correct here but he could get his own archetype stuff like Ishizu got with the grave keepers
Hell Maybe he just uses gravekeepers

[dapper grotto]

Or he just has no ace animation. 💀

But ye, they could just reuse Ra or Slifer's.

[young viper]

That’s very much possible

[dapper grotto]

Finally got it.

[median ermine]

It depends on the deck you wanna use

U don’t have a Konami acc!

Imma js take the gems

[small fern]

himotama

[dapper grotto]

Man, I just haven't been all that motivated to do Speed Duel on Ranekd these days. Speedroid just ain't super interesting, while I'm more into Rush Duel's new stuff atm. But I'm already KoG there.

[timber river]

The only Speed Duel decks I have are from last years anniversary box.

[young viper]

You can play

Duel links on a pc right?

[timber river]

yup, its on steam

[young viper]

I will get it

Once I set my pc up

[dapper grotto]

Make sure to connect your mobile account with PC.

[dry widget]

conveniently, the season's reset today and you're no longer kog there!

[dapper grotto]

Oof. Hi Tech Dragons just aren't doing it for me.

If you don't have either of the boss monsters in hand, you are doing pretty much nothing.

[dapper grotto]

[quick axle]

Why so many Yukas?

[dapper grotto]

They're either using Heros , or the Utopia Baseball deck.

Gotta level up their new shiny gem bank lmao

[potent ravine]

they could be insects

[robust void]

@sleek garnet brutha how are red and blue burst dragons ATM and do you have a list

[sleek garnet]

Deck's goated

Arguably top 2 below galactica

[robust void]

sick as hell

halfway at least

thank you

@sleek garnet what should I use while I only have 1 striping wyvern

[sleek garnet]

Beta burn dragon or double twin dragon

[dry widget]

besides being new, the event also has a mission to use yuka in pvp
events always spike the number of that character in pvp by quite a bit cause of that

[dapper grotto]

Mmm, true. It happened with Maddox as well when his event returned.

[dapper grotto]

It feels so good when I use Trap Hole on my opponent's Sevens Road Witch.

[young viper]

This is sort of a discount deck but I’ve been improving on it slowly

[young viper]

Who the ffffug is Beeton???

[wanton river]

Ngl this deck rocks

From the mini box, I need either purple or girsu

I should be playing 3 memory I have 3

OH THATS WHY I DONT HAVE ANY YELLOW

ITS NOT IN THE BOX

[potent ravine]

a little guy yami once used to win at capsule monsters

[dapper grotto]

S-Squidward?!

[young viper]

i got duel links on my puter

id imagine its a bad idea to have duel links up on my computer and phone at the same time

game wont let you

it'll log you out of the other

that makes sense

[wanton river]

Do I just play pure mekk knight even if I don't have yellow?

I hate this game actually

Nvm I drew memories

I love this game actually

What

[mighty bramble]

It’s such a shame this card almost certainly sucks because the art goes so hard

I kinda wanna make a pure Dogmatika deck with it as a one off out of spite

[young viper]

So while I was trying to figure out pc issues I accidentally screwed up duel links so hard that I now have a saved duel where I play a spell and trap card as monsters

[small fern]

👀

[wanton river]

God this deck is so fucking fun

I need like almerjax

If I do have almermax I am going to play 2 fairy

[wanton river]

This DECK ROCKS

[young viper]

I did another adjust. I haven’t tried it yet but I think it makes it safer and potentially more consistent

Still debating on if I keep effect veiler or not

[wanton river]

This rocks

Oh you don't need a rank up?

[young viper]

No Alitos ability gives you one
And with no really reliable way to get them without potential bricks it’s better to use star cestus for OTKs by ramming into opponents 4K beaters or using the rank up for a general Kaiser for removal and absorption

Ranking star cestus up Is a definite strategy tho sense he has immediate target removal and burn damage

But then you remove the ability to have battle protection with damage bouncing

Looking over it again I maaaay trade the second lead yolk for a second Kaiser sense he has a pretty good destruction effect

[young viper]

You know what would be epic though
Is a rank up counter trap

[wanton river]

TRUE

[wanton river]

How eazy can you make this deck

[young viper]

The pack itself is relatively easy to get the items from, but some of the other cards are split between packs

Of course book of eclipse and effect veiler are staples from other packs but I’d say you can get 70-80% of the deck through 2 boxes

[wanton river]

Ok ok

Look like I have a deck to save for

Atleast non of the important guys are ur

[young viper]

Star cestus and lead yolk are level up/duel cards from Alito
And dempshy you can only get from the rank up card packets

[wanton river]

Holy fuck.... The best xyz is a level up

That's so good

[young viper]

The cards I’m debating keeping are salamangreat wolf and XYz import

Wolf can be recovery and can remove kaijus but the ability would prevent me from doing some plays, but Phoenix is another route with removal
Import I learned can actually be a really nice combo stopped sense you’ll can absorb combo pieces and take them from your opponent entirely

But if you lose the XYz then it’s a dead card until you can get them back

[wanton river]

I think wolf is good because it adds your guys that block a attack

<xyz import>

[young viper]

True, but also glassjaw does that in spades

[wanton river]

Wrong bot

[young viper]

Glassjaw+demphsy is so nice because it gives you monster target protection and a graveyard recovery

[wanton river]

True but sometimes you don't have perfect access with glass right?

[young viper]

Mmmm yeah

It’s a when effect

[wanton river]

And if you think about it wolf is inf

As in, you only 2-3 good glass triggers

[young viper]

Well the thing is some of the better combo starters lock you into only battlin’ boxer monsters

[wanton river]

But wolf adds 1-2 per turn

I think wolf is good for grind

To keep having guess per turn for 3+ turn

[young viper]

If you summon anything but BB then you lose the 2 summons from deck with announcer and you lose the non once per turn graveyard recovery from switchhitter

You can still get two normal summons with chief second but with only 3 zones you’ve gotta play it smart and safe

The great thing about announcer is he special summons from hand and then goes into 2 monsters from the deck
You get a free XYz at the cost of locking yourself into BB monsters

[wanton river]

Can't you just pass on leadyolk + the rank 5 xyz for turn 1?

[wanton river]

Like ns announcer

Give you give those

[young viper]

Well you needbstar cestus on field to get the rank up spell and a counter from your deck

[wanton river]

[needbstar]

[vivid wave]

Could not resolve English data for searches: needbstar

[young viper]

Need star cestus

Misclick sorry

[wanton river]

It's fine

[star cestus] [xyz import] [battlen boxers switch hitter]

[vivid wave]

Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus

FIRE • Rank: 4
[ Warrior / Xyz / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 1600

Effect

3 Level 4 monsters
Once per Chain, during the Battle Step, if your "Battlin' Boxer" monster battles an opponent's monster (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the effects of that opponent's monster while it is face-up until the end of this turn, that monster you control cannot be destroyed by that battle, also your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from that battle.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

Xyz Import

Quick-Play Spell

Effect

Target 1 Xyz Monster you control and 1 monster your opponent controls with ATK less than or equal to it; attach that opponent's monster to your monster as material. You can only activate 1 "Xyz Import" per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

Battlin' Boxer Switchitter

FIRE • Level: 4
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 1500 / DEF 1400

Effect

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 "Battlin' Boxer" monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You cannot Special Summon any monsters during the turn you activate this effect, except "Battlin' Boxer" monsters.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

But my usual starting board is often a Dempsey on field and a lead yolk in my extra monster zone
Graveyard recurring+target protection+destruction prevention

And then I still have 4 cards in hand which will usually be a hand trap, a spell, another announcer and either a trap I’ve placed or another extender

[wanton river]

Can I ask

Do we have a guy that is a free special from hand?

Like shadow or

[young viper]

[battlin’ boxer announcer]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxer Headgeared

FIRE • Level: 4
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 1000 / DEF 1800

Effect

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can send 1 "Battlin' Boxer" monster from your Deck to the GY. The first time this Attack Position card would be destroyed by battle each turn, it is not destroyed.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[wanton river]

Not announcer

[young viper]

Wrong one

Stupid not

[wanton river]

Btw

[young viper]

There is… one option

I forgot his name but so long as you have a BB on field you can special summon him
But it costs your battle phase

[wanton river]

Ok ok hear me out

Add that guy

[young viper]

Shadow is nice though because he also props glassjaw effect

[wanton river]

To pass on Dempsey and the rank 5

[young viper]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-raise-eyebrow-doubt-gif-10325994

I’d only use the card as a turn one extender because removing your battle phase can cripple later game comebacks

[wanton river]

Wait I need to read chief

[young viper]

[chief second]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxer Chief Second

FIRE • Level: 4
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 500 / DEF 2000

Effect

During your Main Phase, you can Normal Summon 1 "Battlin' Boxer" monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) When an opponent's monster declares an attack, while you control a Warrior or FIRE monster: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, negate that attack, then banish 1 monster on the field until the End Phase. You can only use this effect of "Battlin' Boxer Chief Second" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

He’s easy

And extremely useful

[wanton river]

Ok good good I have the combo line

[young viper]

Extra normal summon + battle protection from the hand

Also nice against XYz deck because he can remove materials
Which is why I favored him during this era of Utopia and shaddolls

[wanton river]

Ns announcer
Announcer summon chief and uppercutter
Uppercutter add switch hitter
Make Dempsey, Dempsey add the extender
Ns switch hitter to summon announcer
Special the extender
Make the guy you need to add the rank up and counter trap
Use rank up for the rank 5

[young viper]

So my main problem with this is I either go for star cestus which is only battle protection
Or I go with lead yolk which is destruction protection period
I get a counter trap from cestus but that move works later game to because you can easily OTK with a 0 attack monster

[wanton river]

Chief just fully counter ultimate utopia leo

As it removes the equip

[young viper]

Oh yeah he completely fucks utopias

[wanton river]

Lore accurate

[young viper]

My usual starting combo for turn 1 goes like this

Because the other part of alitos ability is you discard a BB monster and summon any BB monster straight from your deck

If your opponent has cards and you don’t have cards, you can summon 2

[wanton river]

WHAT

THATS STUPID

Does this trigger glass

[young viper]

Discard card
Get an announcer
Special summon glassjaw and uppercut
Get switch hitter
Summon demphsy
Use effect to recover the first card I discarded by removing glassjaw
Summon switchhitter and special summon glassjaw
Summon lead yolk

I’ll usually grab this card with dempshy as well

[battlin boxer spirits]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxing Spirits

Normal Spell

Effect

Send the top card of your Deck to the GY, then target 1 "Battlin' Boxer" monster in your GY; Special Summon that target in face-up Defense Position. You can only activate 1 "Battlin' Boxing Spirits" per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[wanton river]

This skill is dumb

[young viper]

Most skills are dumb

[wanton river]

Holy fuck

True

[young viper]

Just look at shadolls
They had a skill that let them get 3 traps in the graveyard

Traps that gave them an extra extension per turn

until the trap got limited to 1 haha

[wanton river]

Ngl battlen seems good in the meta

As it counters utopia and probably could play ns shaddoll

[young viper]

It’s a low tier meta spot, it’s not highly regarded

I’ve never met another wild BB player

This is coming from someone who’s dueled against a wild tingangle player

[young viper]

There is one thing I’d like to teach you about the deck

If you’re curious about why cestus is an OTK enabler

[wanton river]

Sure i would like to know the guu

[young viper]

[star cestus]

[vivid wave]

Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus

FIRE • Rank: 4
[ Warrior / Xyz / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 1600

Effect

3 Level 4 monsters
Once per Chain, during the Battle Step, if your "Battlin' Boxer" monster battles an opponent's monster (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the effects of that opponent's monster while it is face-up until the end of this turn, that monster you control cannot be destroyed by that battle, also your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from that battle.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

In normal yugioh, you’d need to rely on your opponent bringing out a pretty beefy monster. 5k-6k attack or more to do lethal damage
But in duel links? His effect damage isn’t halved like other cards
So

[boxer veil]

[counterpunch]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxer Veil

FIRE • Level: 4
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 1800

Effect

When you take battle damage: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, gain Life Points equal to the damage you took.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch

FIRE • Level: 3
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 1100

Effect

During the Damage Step of either player's turn, when a "Battlin' Boxer" monster you control is attacking or being attacked: You can banish this card from your hand or Graveyard; that monster gains 1000 ATK, until the end of this turn. You can only use the effect of "Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

If you summon their 0 attack monsters and ram into higher attack monsters, you activate cestus effect to make all that damage go to your opponent

This is on top of an effect negate that doesn’t target while your BB monsters are attacking/being attacked

[wanton river]

Oh....

That rocks

[young viper]

You wanna know the funny deck I’ve countered with BB nearly perfectly?

And it’s not Utopia

[wanton river]

What

[young viper]

Clear wing synchro dragons

[wanton river]

Oh

True actually because not of the effects can be negated by clear wing

[young viper]

They don’t target, and that’s the fun part
BB is a defense and non-target deck. The only card that targets you’ll really use is comet cestus

[wanton river]

Btw can I ask what rank up do you get with the skill

[young viper]

The basic one, just ranking up into any C monster

It’s not the busted going 2nd one that Utopias get

[wanton river]

Oh shame, not the quick play

Yeah

[young viper]

No just normal. But it invites this fucking behemoth

[general kaiser]

[vivid wave]

Number C79: Battlin' Boxer General Kaiser

FIRE • Rank: 5
[ Warrior / Xyz / Effect ]

ATK 2600 / DEF 2000

Effect

3 Level 5 monsters
Gains 200 ATK for each material attached to it. Once per turn, when your opponent would Special Summon a monster(s) (Quick Effect): You can detach 2 materials from this card, and if you do, negate the Summon, and if you do that, destroy that monster(s). If this card has "Number 79: Battlin' Boxer Nova Kaiser" as material, it gains this effect.
●Once per turn, when an attack is declared involving your "Battlin' Boxer" monster and an opponent's monster: You can send 1 "Battlin' Boxer" monster from your hand or Deck to the GY, and if you do, attach that opponent's monster to this card as material.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

A special summon negate + absorber is always appreciated

[wanton river]

Just outs so much

[young viper]

And they can summon naturally like wildfire, especially with that ability

But the ability does lock you into ONLY normal/special summoning BB monsters except from the extra deck

So no kaijus

[wanton river]

Rough

[young viper]

You can run hand traps but you can’t run kaijus
but there are some link monsters I’ve looked into including

You’ll often have a field of 4 monsters so if you grab that one newer link 5 that summons itself by using an opponents monster as well, that’s pretty neat removal with a 3k beater that has decent protection

But it’s locked behind a 200gem box

So I was like

https://tenor.com/view/mario-mario-ai-mario-meme-doctor-mario-luigi-gif-17978280466428321659

[wanton river]

Oh underworld

[young viper]

Yeah

[wanton river]

True

[young viper]

BB could use that card to cuz of 2 extra effects

1 are the hand traps that all summon themselves to the field on top of their normal effects
And uppercut which summons a monster back to your field when it’s sent to the GY

If you do end up trying this deck then the only viable “counter” counter trap to use is this one

[flamvell counter]

[vivid wave]

Flamvell Counter

Counter Trap

Effect

When a Spell/Trap Card is activated: Banish 1 FIRE monster with 200 DEF from your GY; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

And it’s currently limited at 1

Oh my rod

Godwait

Hold on..

[battlin boxer counter]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch

FIRE • Level: 3
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 1100

Effect

During the Damage Step of either player's turn, when a "Battlin' Boxer" monster you control is attacking or being attacked: You can banish this card from your hand or Graveyard; that monster gains 1000 ATK, until the end of this turn. You can only use the effect of "Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

No not you

[battlin boxer punch]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch

FIRE • Level: 3
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 1100

Effect

During the Damage Step of either player's turn, when a "Battlin' Boxer" monster you control is attacking or being attacked: You can banish this card from your hand or Graveyard; that monster gains 1000 ATK, until the end of this turn. You can only use the effect of "Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

Swear to god

[jolt counter]

[vivid wave]

Jolt Counter

Counter Trap

Effect

During the Battle Phase, when a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated while you control a "Battlin' Boxer" monster: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

I rag on this card because it’s an Omni negate during the battle phase which highly limits its use
But this card could potentially work if you draw into flamvell counter and want another counter off alitos effect

[wanton river]

What counter trap does the skill adds

[young viper]

And want a risk free use of star cestus effect

It’s so stupid

It lists

Any “counter” counter trap

It has to be a counter trap that has “counter” in its name

[wanton river]

Ok ok

Do we have the new counter trap that pops a guy to negate a monster?

[young viper]

Which is why flamvell works the best. That’s a spell/trap negate you can get for free

Mmmmno

Not one that lists counter in the name at least

Every other “counter” counter trap is kinda shit

The top two are definitely flamvell and jolt counter

I may look into adding jolt counter

[wanton river]

Let check some cards bb

Time to open dl to complain

[young viper]

There is this one

“Option”

If you wanna run a shitty and VERY specific rank 3

[battlin boxer cheat]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxer Cheat Commissioner

FIRE • Rank: 3
[ Warrior / Xyz / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 1300

Effect

2 Level 3 monsters
All monsters your opponent controls must attack, if able. While you control another "Battlin' Boxer" monster, your opponent's monsters cannot target this card for attacks. When an attack is declared involving another "Battlin' Boxer" monster you control: You can detach 2 materials from this card; look at your opponent's hand, then Set 1 Spell from their hand to your field.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

You can get into this guy because Announcer can also banish itself from the GY to increase or decrease all BB monsters levels on fields by 1

[wanton river]

God

We don't have the good counter trap that negates A monster

[young viper]

Well there is

[XYz block]

[vivid wave]

Xyz Block

Counter Trap

Effect

When your opponent activates a monster effect: Detach 1 Xyz Material from a monster you control; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that monster.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

This ALSO activates the effect of glassjaw

[wanton river]

After opening 2 boxes

[young viper]

You’re on your way
I’d say you should focus on a deck with more monsters to, because if you don’t draw a BB monster in your opening hand
You’re kinda fucked

But hey, get creative!
This is all stuff I’ve learned in my time. Go out and explore, discover new ideals

Also, that fourth one from the right is the one that you can special summon and give your battle phase up with

[wanton river]

What if we play...

[young viper]

Oooh, full force and fire
See how it goes, just don’t get burnt

[wanton river]

I am farfamaxxing

[young viper]

How are you in this event by the way?

Are you doing the level up farm?

[wanton river]

Not yet

I am going to play

[young viper]

Better get to it. There’s only 20 hours left in the event

[wanton river]

Mekk knight on alito

[young viper]

Oh no I’m talking about the rush event

[wanton river]

Oh

I don't play rush

[young viper]

Even so

If you just auto duel and set it to level 10 on 3X rewards you get 3 times the xp

You can level up all those characters and get a load of gems

[wanton river]

Oooooo

Ok

[young viper]

I’m not a big rush player either but just having my phone auto duel for me has gotten me up to 9999 gems through level up rewards

I’m at 8K rn

It’s really nice having dozens of characters because you can level max the ones you don’t care about for their rewards and then enjoy the ones you do like while still getting their rewards

[wanton river]

Fuck....

But

Auto duel feels so boring

[young viper]

Well, auto duel when you’re doing something else

Like when I’m at work, I just pop my phone on the side and let auto duel get me free stuff while I’m working

Have a tab on the side for duel links on my puter to play DL

Absolutely dueling the same duel hundreds of times gets boring, but that’s why I just have it up as something going by on its own

[young viper]

is that u in ur avi?

Yes

How did I not see it before

Tornado dragon
Of course

[young viper]

This new event looks kinda spicy

I like it

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, though you all know it's gonna be Resonators or Speedroids for the whole thing.

Also, how are all your dream packs? I got my third Dark Golem.

[young viper]

got my 3rd soul

so i will be playing reso in this event lol

[sleek garnet]

well aint that interesting

[mighty bramble]

Is this good

[sleek garnet]

It will be once we get better generic level 10 synchros

For now its just alright

[dapper grotto]

Pray for a proper Baronne or Superheavy Sam Synchro, I suppose.

[quick axle]

Isn't Baronne in a skill from Sherry?

[sleek garnet]

A really bad one yes

[mighty bramble]

This seems decent but I don’t know what deck I’d use it in

[young viper]

You all got lucky with your dream packs

i got that stupid fusion pend monster between predaplants and odd eyes

I feel like charlie brown on halloween, evryone else gets the good stuff then here i am with a rock

[dry widget]

i got my 3rd hidden city!! thought id have to never have it

[timber river]

hey same

[dapper grotto]

Thanks Konami, you always knew I love getting garbage for Rush.

My SIXTH god damn Wyrm Fusion. And the 2nd prismatic I got.

[sleek garnet]

This is will be pretty cool once cyber processor drops into a regular box

Surely the deck wont be powercrept by then, right?

[mighty bramble]

Do you think this is going to be good

[quick axle]

Nope.

Not a broken skill in the slightest, way too restrictive.

But... probably a good skill to play with the theme.

[dapper grotto]

Bruh. How is this deck topping in tournaments?

[quick axle]

Okay... so I was wrong. Seems like the Gusto skill is good?

[sleek garnet]

It feels to me like a sidegrade to speedroid, the engine doesnt have as much power but is allowed to play generic goodstuff like nib

That being said i think it fairs off worse when going second so its a pretty fringe pick

[quick axle]

BTW, question about Skills.

When it says "Play X monster face-down", does that count as properly summoned or not?

[young viper]

Idk if this is good or not

[young viper]

My understanding is that those monsters are set and then only count as flip summons if you flip them on that turn

But it’s not considered a special or normal summon

[sleek garnet]

Yes it does

[sleek garnet]

This is basically correct, but "properly summoned" is a term generally used to check if the monster has the "memory" of being summoned with its correct procedure

For all intents and purposes monsters cheated out via skill are treated as much since you can bring them from the gy, something you wouldnt be able to do if you used something like [gale dogra] to throw them from the ed into the gy directly

[vivid wave]

Gale Dogra

EARTH • Level: 2
[ Insect / Effect ]

ATK 650 / DEF 600

Effect

You can pay 3000 LP; send 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the GY.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[potent ravine]

what's your build?

[mighty bramble]

I was just curious because I remember Gusto being not good

A personal issue for me is that I don’t know which character would vibe most with it even if I did want to make it

Well when in doubt use Sylvio, bro can’t commit to a single archetype

[sleek garnet]

deck gives me rin vibes

[sleek garnet]

the dama support helped it a lot

[tailwind of gusto] is a house and a half

[vivid wave]

Tailwind of Gusto

Equip Spell

Effect

Equip only to a "Gusto" monster. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Tailwind of Gusto" once per turn. You can banish this card from your GY and discard 1 WIND monster; add 1 "Gusto" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can activate this effect based on the Level/Rank of the equipped monster;
●4 or lower: Special Summon 1 "Gusto" monster from your Deck with a different Type than the equipped monster.
●5 or higher: Special Summon 1 Level 1 Tuner from your Deck.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[mighty bramble]

Bird up

[young viper]

We're not getting a new world this year.

[vague nymph]

Gyus do anyone of you know to obtain zeus in duel links ???

[young viper]

i dont think its in the game

[sleek garnet]

It's not in the game

[quick axle]

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/articles/news/balance-update/2025/july-11/

[sleek garnet]

this doesnt really do anything, but anyone with a functioning brain should recognize that this is also just a touch up list to set the stage for worlds

the unlimits are pretty cool tho

[quick axle]

@sleek garnet Does the hit towards the Utopia skill matter? Since now you're forced to run Utopia Ray Victory, also... they put both URV and Xyz Change Tactics to 1, effectively barring you from running the latter if you choose to run that skill.

[sleek garnet]

It only matters in regards to the ftk

for the actual deck it's a very slightly minor consistency hit

[quick axle]

Oh, and they banned Shien's Spy for good measure.

[sleek garnet]

since you go from 10 skill triggers to 9

[quick axle]

Goodbye to another farming tool.

And I guess none of those unlimits matter at all.

They're cute and all, but...

[sleek garnet]

tuning gum matters for rda

[quick axle]

Sure, but... is it going to do anything against the current meta?

[sleek garnet]

honestly it might

rda basically does what speedroids can but the added protection is a really nice differentiator

[quick axle]

But yeah... seems like a banlist before Worlds.

[sleek garnet]

rest is basically just buffs for rogue

maybe odd eyes can do something?

deck got access to stapellia now

[young viper]

FLAMVELL IS AT 3

https://tenor.com/view/jontron-hallelujah-gif-6111307

[young viper]

If only there was a battlin’ boxer link monster

[hazy crow]

Chef Surprise hahahahaha #DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/05c27ca749778ee14b493e9b875ff722e6fb77e854

[dapper grotto]

When was the last time we got a Pick-Up Box? Like the temporary box that gave only reprints?

[sleek garnet]

Pretty sure it was the cydra darklord one lol

[young viper]

I take back what I said
This event was kind of ass

[mighty bramble]

I did good

[hazy crow]

40 seconds of lag? My phone works fine do. IDK what happened here. Prob another cheating tool for instant win?????

[young viper]

For shaddolls, is super poly more worth it then Incarnation or vise versa?

[sleek garnet]

Incarnation is the best card of the deck

[young viper]

I mean it’s great card but idk about the best

[mighty bramble]

This seems incredibly mid

Like what deck would want this

[young viper]

Actually my battlin boxers could benefit from it because it’s an entirely lvl 4 based deck

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, that's just crappy Slots for the namesake.

[young viper]

Damn they’re crippling Utopia decks now

Change tactics 3, Utopia victory 1 and you HAVE to run Utopia victory if you wanna run the skill

[sleek garnet]

This doesnt really affect the deck outside of the ftk build

Your consistency going first went from 95.67% to 93.19% due to the loss of reinforcement of the army

[young viper]

It means they can’t have an easy 3-4 guaranteed monster negates on the field at once
And I never saw any Utopia deck running reinforcements while I was going through the tournament

Seems like the card to choose though

[sleek garnet]

They still can wydm

The combo never relied on tactics

[young viper]

Pulling out multiple Utopia victory in one turn

[sleek garnet]

The negate guy is leo ray

[young viper]

I faced decks that pulled all 3 of theirs from the extra deck on turn 1

[sleek garnet]

Utopia victory is the ultra prismatic card

That you can only get one copy anyway

[young viper]

[utopia victory]

[vivid wave]

Number C39: Utopia Ray Victory

LIGHT • Rank: 5
[ Warrior / Xyz / Effect ]

ATK 2800 / DEF 2500

Effect

3 Level 5 monsters
If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this card has a "Utopia" monster as an Xyz Material, it gains this effect.
●When this card declares an attack on a face-up monster your opponent controls: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate that opponent's face-up monster's effects, also this card gains ATK equal to that opponent's monster's ATK. These changes last until the end of this turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[sleek garnet]

[leo ray]

[vivid wave]

Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray

LIGHT • Rank: 5
[ Warrior / Xyz / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 2000

Effect

3 Level 5 monsters
(This card is always treated as "Number C39: Utopia Ray".)
Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; equip 1 "ZW -" monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to this card as if it were equipped by that monster's effect. This effect's activation and effect cannot be negated. Once per turn, while this card is equipped with a "ZW -" Monster Card (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; negate its effects, and if you do, halve its ATK.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

Aw shit nvm I mixed them up

Well they’re still chugging at full power then nvm

Then shaddolls get their immediate graveyard trap limited to 1 when they already had limits

[dapper grotto]

Duelist Road reminding us of Rio's role; as Shark's extension.

[young viper]

i love card flipper campaigns

[sleek garnet]

wait

news didnt say anything about a shark/rio skill, right?

[mighty bramble]

I built myself a decent enough EviLive Twin deck, now I need to figure out what to invest in next

[mighty bramble]

Would Hieratics be worth trying to build

[mighty bramble]

I decided to check Hieratics on DLM and they didn’t even have any ratios for cards to put in a deck

[dapper grotto]

Idk, Hieratics' tribute gimmick isn't all that interesting imo

[dapper grotto]

Hoo boy...are they gonna come in events, or you gotta pay for these in the shop?

[sleek garnet]

Considering there's gem rewards for dueling with the alt styles, probably events

This could also just straight be the new world replacement

[dapper grotto]

That would be an okay compromise...though we get less gems with these alt styles.

I was hoping one day, we'd get Branded World or something from those animated shorts. Imagine getting Ecclesia as a Legendary Duelist.

[sleek garnet]

The illusion type also got added to the code btw

[quick axle]

Probably a sign of the Chimera stuff incoming.

I wonder what's going to come on the September version of the game.

Since there's not exactly new worlds to make.

Lsst concurrent series was Go Rush.

[fading violet]

What dot he coins do in Duel Links? I am trying to farm for more cards.

[young viper]

its a type of currency

and apparently we're getting a new currency in game

[sleek garnet]

Gold is just only really used in the card trader

https://zerolinksmetaleaks.wordpress.com/2025/07/17/upcoming-box-leaks/?preview=true

So tldr

Despia, adamancipator, generaider, chimera, and the SUDA evil hero support + wake up and infernal rage

Chimera, despia, sky striker, gravekeeper, ra, and dragon rulers got new skills

(by dragon ruler its basically just blaster)

Looks like we're finally getting f2p friendly nibiru

[dapper grotto]

Weird-ass face lol.

[quick axle]

Girag, right?

[young viper]

alito

[young viper]

better site for the leaks: https://www.duellinksguide.com/

[young viper]

the site i linked isnt DLM

[quick axle]

NVM what I said, then.

[young viper]

I need help understanding something

Am I stupid? Why didn’t general kaisers effect go off?

[karmic crescent]

https://db.ygoresources.com/qa#23119

[vivid wave]

Can I activate Cyber Dragon Infinity's effect by targeting a monster whose control cannot be changed?

__Question__

My opponent controls an Armed Dragon Thunder LV10, and its "● 10+" effect that prevents control of it from switching is being applied.

In this scenario, can I activate the effect of my Cyber Dragon Infinity that attaches the target to it as material by targeting that Armed Dragon Thunder LV10?

__Answer__

No, you cannot. Attaching an opponent's monster to a monster you control as material is considered changing control of that opponent's monster.

Translated: 2023-11-02 | View: 🇯🇵 ja · 🇬🇧 en

[young viper]

Oh that’s hogwash

[robust void]

lol that does sound stupid

[sleek garnet]

DL Weekly going crazy today

[young viper]

Bro is playing rush and speed at once wtf

[karmic crescent]

it's how "can't change control" effects work

[young viper]

I just played the dumbest duel ever

Playing against some yugi Moto
Names in Japanese I can’t say it
Playing grandpas cards so I assume it’s a stall deck
Immediately goes into drawing and gets 3 plus 2, one of them being from cup of ace

He surrenders

His extra deck is e m p t y

its an exodia deck

grandpas cards put exodia in the deck with the skill

he tried to get exodia, and when he had nothing left to do he just surrendered to you

Oh I know

When I saw him drawing like hell I thought “oh Jesus Christ he wants to end me before I even play”

Jokes on him because he
Due to the implications of the message I was going to finish, I will choose to not finish it. I won, he lost. Suck it blues

lol

I’m so glad I said “alright one more duel”

I will say he must’ve got far with it. He made it all the way to platinum 1

[potent ravine]

and that's the dumbest duel you've ever had?

you must have been playing duel links for like 5 minutes

[sleek garnet]

I remember of one duel that went to turn 30 because both me and my opponent were misplaying constantly

[young viper]

I’ve played the game sense the week it released and gone through 3-5 different accounts because I started when I had the mind of an infant

No clue what a “capcom account” was

I remember how I lost my first account to
Lost it a few weeks after unlocking crowler in his first event. Big crack, iPad no turn on..

[young viper]

[crypnic coldo]

[vivid wave]

Cataclysmic Cryonic Coldo

WIND • Level: 8
[ Fairy / Effect ]

ATK 2600 / DEF 200

Effect

If a face-up WIND monster(s) you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then, you can place 1 Spell/Trap from the field on top of the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Cataclysmic Cryonic Coldo" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

This card seems like a nice add on for clear wings

[quick axle]

Nope.

Card is awful.

[dry widget]

this is too many alt styles to feasibly get events
im inclined to think they won't have alt style missions like soulburner did, he'll be a special case and the rest will be shop purchases

given the simultaneous leak of "crystals" as a currency alongside some chronicle effects and store changes, perhaps crystals will be a new cosmetics-oriented currency used to buy chronicle effects and alt styles?

[young viper]

it's also possible that we won't get a new world this year (bc what would they even add now) and we get a bunch of alt styles instead

[young viper]

It’s all coming together

Thinking about replacing needle ceiling with XYZ gift

And maybe including numbers protection

[young viper]

galaxy cyclone? do you not have MST?

[dapper grotto]

Yee haw!

[young viper]

I don’t have mst and I’ve found Galaxy cyclone more useful

I’d potentially include another mst or another Galaxy cyclone if I had one

[sleek garnet]

Me and the boys at the lab broke the dragon ruler skill

(broke is a strong word but it gets the job across)

Its basically triple tactical talents you can run in any deck

Its usually just a draw 2 + potentially a body every turn but it can also potentially be removal or followup depending on your needs

Of course, that's assuming we get 3 blaster 3 burner, no prehits or bundle shenanigans attached

But if we do its a lot stronger than the legend of heroes and -raze skills some decks are running

[quick axle]

Dragon Rulers seems a tad too strong for DL? I dunno.

[sleek garnet]

Nah

[quick axle]

Unless power ceiling is enough now.

[sleek garnet]

We're past that now

Adamancipator is next box

[sleek garnet]

You can also play up to 9 copies of the package if you want

Its 3 blaster 3 burner 3 gold sarc

[young viper]

Fuckin

Utopia skill is the peak of the meta rn

What should our events skill reward be?
another utopia skill

[robust void]

oh yeah I'm not debating the consistency of it I just find it counter intuitive

I feel that way about a lot of ygo technicalities

[tough sonnet]

can i please invite someone for the friend campaign deck please

[dapper grotto]

I think most of us are veteran players here.

[young viper]

Battlin’ boxers have brought me all the way to legends

Through exosister and clear wings, Utopia and shaddolls

[dapper grotto]

Nice, I've been trying to get through Plat with Ancient Gears so far. I haven't encountered an Effect Veiler yet somehow lmao.

Been a relatively smooth run so far besides me messing up my turn 1 combos.

[young viper]

The nice thing about battlin boxers is their inherit ability to work through negates and hand traps

I love that announcer sacrifices himself before the opponent can react, makes going first great

I would play ancient gears again though if I hadn’t maxed out crowler years ago

[dapper grotto]

I maxed out Crowler as well, but I still feel the need to use this deck. Not really super crazy about levelling up my characters right now.

AG just feels really nice to use at this rank until I get to legend.

[young viper]

Ya know an idea I had was to give maxed characters daily challenges so you still have some kind of incentive to play them casually after leveling them up

Like for crowler you’d have “summon 50 ancient gear monsters” or “use this ancient gear card three times in one duel” for small gem rewards

[dapper grotto]

That's essentially alt skin missions in a nutshell, but for maxed characters.

Pray they give Crowler his diver outfit.

[fading violet]

What are some good gem farming methods?

[dapper grotto]

Gonna be grinding levels from characters, I'm afraid. 😔

I usually get all my characters at least to lv 30 for easy levelling.

And just doing events to slowly get some gems, I suppose.

[young viper]

This event is gem farmable but it’s very slow
New character events make for the best gem farms. Get thousands of the event items and turn on 3X rewards for 1500 exp on lvl 10 characters to auto duel your way to riches

Thankfully this event has auto duel, but without 3X rewards it’s a very slow process

[robust void]

respect. BB is super fun

are you running droplet? I found it really good for them

[young viper]

Actually no, but mainly because I don’t have it

I’m waiting for this fuggass be update so I can update my deck to include reinforcements of the army

[young viper]

i think the new banlist is live

you should be able to do it

[dapper grotto]

Well crap. I lost to Moon Mirror Shield with AG. Didn't have backrow removal. 💀

[mighty bramble]

I think whenever I feel comfortable building Gusto I’m gonna give them to Téa or Ishizu for the sake of the upcoming Base Marik event. Outside of those two I’m not sure who else would vibe with them.

[young viper]

It is not live yet

[young viper]

sorry you're right, it goes live on the 24th when this event ends and the marik one begins

[young viper]

Do the surveys mean anything in the long run?

[quick axle]

Surveys serve for two things: Jack and S---.

[sleek garnet]

Probably not?

Like the characters are probably prioritized by popularity

But we have no way of knowing tho

[small fern]

do the two duel in arc-v?

[quick axle]

I didn't meant Shay.

Or Sora, by that matter.

[young viper]

What about sylvio

[quick axle]

4 letters.

I censored the word, for the record, so it's not a character.

[young viper]

Ooooh
Scam

[quick axle]

No.

Synonym of "crap", but cruder.

[young viper]

Scat

[small fern]

a word introduced by disney to star wars

[mighty bramble]

How’d I do with this

[dapper grotto]

idk how often you'll be able to use those Rank 4s lol.

Do one of those Gusto monsters modify their levels to 4?

[dapper grotto]

Serial Code from San Diego Comic Con. 👀

SDCC2025DL

[young viper]

I think one thing I actively dislike currently is how a lot of really generic and busted staples are trapped behind boarderline paywalls

[young viper]

like what?

thats one of DL's biggest problems tho is the "pay to win" aspect

[young viper]

i got toon alligator and aqua madoor from this 😭

[young viper]

Well for most packs it’s 500 for 10 or with the old packs they have the 250 for 10 deal, or just buying singles for 50 or 25
IRL packs are basically just gambling to, but you know you have a chance to get the more exclusive rare cards because it middles down steadily

But then you have these fkin 200 gem packs that give you 1 pack and a 20-40 buy limit before it resets, so you could spend thousands and not get the one card you want. Nibiru is a prime example

Gems aren’t the hardest thing to get at all, and you can dump into decks you like and then get more gems to get more cards for more decks
I think the loop works, certainly not the best but it’s stable enough

It is WAY better then most other mobile games

[quick axle]

Which, save for the Super Mini packs, these are pretty much beginner's traps.

[young viper]

I also don’t think the entire game is pay 2 win thanks to more casual play, events for PVP dueling and starter decks

That said casual play is kind of a dead zone and the last PVP event was kind of ass

If you like yugioh then there’s an archetype you’ll lean into
Just pray to god it’s not an archetype that’s dead in the water in terms of support

[quick axle]

Or if you're exclusively F2P, pray that the cards you need aren't in a Selection Box, or you need multiple copies from a Structure.

(Sorry, I meant F2P, my bad.)

All I can say is from previous experience, as I no longer play Duel Links.

I tend to check DLM on how things go, but otherwise... yeah...

[young viper]

It’s like 7/10 in terms of fairness
It’s passing

Especially considering some of those big staples can occasionally be useless or the most basic cards can be so good they’re ban worthy

[young viper]

Some of the structure decks are hell to
I remember for the longest time ancient gear wyvern was locked behind a paywall if you wanted to play a good ancient gear deck

Just took what, a few years for them to release it in a pack?

Idk if I remember correctly but I think that same thing happened for desperado barrel dragon

[quick axle]

So you're from the old guard too?

I was playing DL since around 2017.

[young viper]

Oh I played it when it released (first week or two at least)

One of the best days of my life was seeing a commercial for duel links on cable TV

It was the first time an ad ever made me actually get the product

[kindred flame]

Please use my code and leave a code. >>> 001xwfw5k4vp

[young viper]

What

[hazy crow]

We are getting DESPIA and ILLUSION-type

[young viper]

I’m still staggering for log ins

[hazy crow]

I don't think it's pay to win. Cards are being added on later boxes. It's like you are paying for earlier access ....

The only annoying think in Duel Links are the SKILLS not being tuned for fair play.

[young viper]

Some skills are blatantly overpowered

But also some cards also can be overpowered and cost way to many gems to where spending actual money gets you into better game states

[young viper]

Not to deep into it but I like the event so far

A nice coating of paint over this one

[dry widget]

in a competitive landscape that will change significantly in the time between cards printed in selection boxes and reprinted in normal boxes, that doesn't really apply - the selection boxes are definitely pay to win

[dapper grotto]

Mfw Marik's theme is just Yugi and Tea's

💀

It is so unfitting lol.

[young viper]

there is absolutely a pay to win aspect in DL

Konami has been systematically making Nibiru more and more useful, which is stuck behind a paywall

obviously you can be F2P and still be good, just like any game. but there is def a monetization issue here

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, locking staples behind a paywall is just their go-to for taking from sweats who want to be optimal.

I really thought they'd put Nibiru in this main box that has Adamanipator, but I guess I thought they'd put Droplet in the DarkLords main box too, but they didn't. Konami just does not really care about putting stuff in thematically lol.

[quick axle]

Yeah. And I still have the scars from the P2W aspect.

Having spent money in this game.

Being optimal ain't cheap. Not at all.

[young viper]

Imagine if they put effect veiler behind the same paywall as nibiru

[quick axle]

Effect Veiler is in the game.

And nope, it was first in a main box.

[sleek garnet]

@robust void wake the fuck up

Shiny shady is in the newest box

[young viper]

they actually reprinted veiler a couple times

[young viper]

No I’m saying imagine if they did

Instead of putting one of the most splashable generic staples ever generically into the game, you had to spend extra to get it

[quick axle]

That's what happened with Droplet and Nib.

[young viper]

I fucked the wording up there but you get the idea

[quick axle]

And MST.

And Book of Moon.

And so many cards before.

[young viper]

I don’t remember MST but I remember the others

Konami are cruel gods

[quick axle]

Why do you think I don't play this game anymore?

One of the main reasons is that my deck building tends to go towards the more optimal way to do it.

And since money was required, I fell into sunk cost fallacy.

Eventually, I got tired and burned out.

[young viper]

I mean I’ve never spent a dime on the game and I’m in legends rn
I never got that feeling

Though the casual side of the game does feel very dead

[quick axle]

Good for you to not spend money in the game.

Because oh gosh, if you ever want to get optimal, Duel Links is just... woof...

[young viper]

This new banlist update did me some favors though

[quick axle]

So the Marik event is due to mind shenanigans from DL, forcing the already good Marik into his former self again?

[dapper grotto]

They couldn't come up with a story for Marik's post-Yami event.

So they just regress him back to his former self.

[quick axle]

Again, DL mind shenanigans.

[dapper grotto]

Would've been interesting to see Marik talk about motorcycles that he was interested in.

[dapper grotto]

I guess DL has always been a memory simulator of their most "memorable", which is why Sartorius here is still the Light's crony.

[quick axle]

And Yubel was their more psychotic self.

But in this case, Marik in DL, was himself after Battle City.

[dapper grotto]

You mean during Battle City.

After BC, he was chill

[quick axle]

I said, "was", before the mind shenanigans reverted him to his former self.

[dapper grotto]

Ahh.

[quick axle]

So Marik had no other option but to embrace it, since that world wanted him to be like that.

[small fern]

guh???

[mighty bramble]

They added a voice filter to Yami Marik and I think that’s neat

[robust void]

If it's limited 1 imma be annoyed

[quick axle]

Also, Tax Dragon is in the bundle.

[sleek garnet]

Its not a bundle card so i doubt it

Prob lim 3 at worse

Which, for shady, is probably justified

[quick axle]

Aluber?

[robust void]

Now if only we could get the real slim shady

[quick axle]

At least we don't have Branded Fusion... yet.

[sleek garnet]

Wydm at least?

I wanna summon mirrorjade vro

[dapper grotto]

I hope we never get that sonuvagun.

So much advantage from using him.

[sleek garnet]

50 BILLION YEARS OF BRANDED BABYYYYYYY

[quick axle]

Mirrorjade will be nice.

[sleek garnet]

Guys, uhhhhhhhh

What?

[quick axle]

Did they reduce the Gem rewards from the Duel Quest or something?

[sleek garnet]

yea

secret door is also only 130 gems

[quick axle]

Is Konami like gauging down the DQ rewards?

Because seriously, woof...

[mighty bramble]

Ngl from the newest set I don’t know if I want to build Despia or Adams more

Any predictions on how much older Branded stuff is gonna be used for Despia

[young viper]

I never played branded, what’s that deck like?

[dapper grotto]

New Serial Code to enter:

YCCDGM

You get an Ecclesia Icon for it.

[sleek garnet]

aluber, opening, quaertis, and branded in red will still see further use, the rest probably wont

[sleek garnet]

deck does a lot of things, but currently in the tcg its this fusion toolbox with multiple moving parts, with the main gimmick of its fusion monsters searching after being sent to the gy at the endphase

[dapper grotto]

I'm enjoying Despia Darklords so far. Though it was only a few duels with it. xd

[mighty bramble]

I think the next deck I’m gonna build is Despia because the rule of cool is a powerful thing

[tough sonnet]

how many new serial code icons r there

[dapper grotto]

Just that one serial code to get the icon.

[dapper grotto]

I encountered a madlad today playing Power of the Guardians in Shaddoll.

Am I missing the spice on using this here?

[dapper grotto]

LMAO, the smol update changed Marik's theme to Ishizu and Odion's theme.

Well, that's more like it

[quick axle]

So another Rush Duel character. Good for the ones that play the Rush format.

[small fern]

super glad we aren't getting yet another "GX character music"

[hazy crow]

Sleeves up!

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/04488c2938c590172d2f7f0675a981d4ab0dae1505

[young viper]

I never knew the grave keepers had a gender neutral card

[gravekeepers servant]

[vivid wave]

Gravekeeper's Servant

Continuous Spell

Effect

Unless your opponent sends 1 card from the top of his/her Deck to the Graveyard, he/she cannot declare an attack.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

Good for them
You go girl/guy

Ok ok so idk if this is a stupid idea or not

But

I’m looking at grave keepers and I had an idea

[millennium eyes restrict]

[vivid wave]

Millennium-Eyes Restrict

DARK • Level: 1
[ Spellcaster / Fusion / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 0

Effect

"Relinquished" + 1 Effect Monster
Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Effect Monster in your opponent's field or GY; equip that target to this card you control. Gains ATK/DEF equal to that equipped monster's. Monsters with the same original name as that equipped monster cannot attack, also their effects are negated.

F/L Status: Unreleased (TCG), Unlimited (OCG/MD)

[young viper]

[gravekeepers spirit]

[vivid wave]

Gravekeeper's Spiritualist

DARK • Level: 4
[ Spellcaster / Effect ]

ATK 1500 / DEF 1500

Effect

During your Main Phase, if "Necrovalley" is on the field: You can Fusion Summon 1 Spellcaster Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using this card you control and other monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Material. You can only use this effect of "Gravekeeper's Spiritualist" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[dapper grotto]

Sounds like several layers of pain to summon with her lmao. You need Relinquished in hand, then you need Necrovalley on the field as well, not to mention summoning her and your opponent does not negate the effect.

[dapper grotto]

That's a demon...who probably isn't Egyptian or related to them.

I guess they didn't know they would be using the Gravekeeper name for Ancient Egyptian routes later when they made this.

[young viper]

The new skill gets you any gravekeeper you want from deck so you can pull commandant and get necrovally pretty easily now

[young viper]

Also the connection is probably really slim but
-it’s in a graveyard (not Egyptian tho so that’s a bit down)
-forces into graveyard (with necrovally that can disable some cards sent there)

It’s slim but the card isn’t completely distilled from the archetype

[robust void]

It's just a naming convention they didn't plan on using at the time they came up with the name gravekeepers servant. Doubt it's more complex than that

[potent ravine]

it turns out that you don't need to be some sort of special person to keep graves

[mighty bramble]

Whenever I see a deck use a Kaiju why is it always the one with the highest ATK

[potent ravine]

dogoran?

oh, no

thunder king

maybe they got it before kumongous released

[mighty bramble]

I know this deck of mine is far from perfect but it doesn’t change Despia from being really fun

[quick axle]

Just wait until we get Branded Fusion at some point.

[dapper grotto]

It probably has something to do with their skill restricting certain Kaiju. iirc, the Despia skill restricts you to Light or Dark level 8 or higher monsters to special summon.

[sleek garnet]

despia is currently tiered

deck's good lol

[quick axle]

And for some reason, Masquerade's burn effect went untouched.

[mighty bramble]

Honestly I only wanted to use it at first because I thought the designs were cool

[dapper grotto]

They even describe it in its bundle as a selling point. So it's intentionally left like this.

Pay vs Burn lingo aside.

[robust void]

Wow that's pretty transparent favoritism

[hazy crow]

Brainstorming Despia #DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/0468fa00b9abc2d579d13be4bd3e7ff2422cbb599a

[young viper]

I despise some of the skill restrictions because what do you mean mid tier archetypes only get to summon stuff from their archetype while top tiers get served half their deck on turn one

While getting to run kaijus

[young viper]

Completely unrelated but I’ve been trying to get independent nightgale for weeks now, I’ve dueled Lulu I’d say almost 100 times at level 40 and not got it
I just randomly dueled a lvl 20 in the world and pulled it from 2 prize draws

[young viper]

always how it goes lol

[dapper grotto]

RIP, I couldn't get Rush KoG this month. It was just one bad luck and bad plays from me.

Used everything i had; Galaxy, Baseball, HEROs, Hi Tech Dragons, even Sevens Road, but I kept whiffing the Rank-up match.

[sleek garnet]

SHIT I FORGOT

NOOOOOOO

[small fern]

is penguin marik or frog marik viable

[young viper]

I got my goods but I forgot I was one duel away from one more UR card select
Aw well

[quick axle]

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/articles/sets/deck-build-box-forbidden-fantastic-show

More Yuo Goha support.

[young viper]

Battled my first chimera deck

[young viper]

how'd it go

[dapper grotto]

I'm hearing this is an amazing Staple.

Though it'll always have the problem of your opponent just sniping it beforehand, so...

[sleek garnet]

Contender for the best non legend CARD in the entire game

I'm really surprised it didnt came prehit to 3, or in a bundle

[quick axle]

Or as an UR.

[dapper grotto]

I...guess Executie Riding not hitting as hard had them reconsider?

I guess needing a card in your hand to discard might hurt for some decks, but then again, you usually would need two cards in your hand to play around that Selection Box SR.

[young viper]

I beat the deck into the ground
First turn random hand discard was pretty impressive though

[young viper]

The funniest part was when he used book of eclipse on me and I got a +4

[dapper grotto]

Today I saw a replay of Watts vs. Six Sams on LEGEND. And it seems recent too because the Watt duelist was a regular Marik character. I want those kind of matchups lol.

[young viper]

those are both bots

[young viper]

Let people believe there are duelists that like playing watts and six samurai

[dapper grotto]

Shame. They didn't seem to play like bots at all, at least better than some players I faced in plat lol. Though I suppose these guys are in some separate queue like other bots are, which is how they pair up with each other.

[young viper]

The dueling world is a big place
Who knows what people are playing

I dueled someone in plat who only played bare one rank 4s

Just to make sure
They changed Yami marks voice right?

[dapper grotto]

Yes, they added the voice filter he had in the anime.

[young viper]

Thought so

Also are the random gem spots on the map completely random?
I thought I linked them to when you battle random legendary duelists but that was shot down

[young viper]

Question
Is the difference between “D/D” and “D/D/D” big in the process of effects, or are D/D/D also considered D/D

[quick axle]

The former can affect the latter, but not the former.

[young viper]

Thought so
That actually helps a lot then

D/D/D seems a bit all over the place but also fun if I can get the hang of them

[quick axle]

Pretty much, D/D/D can be considered D/D, but not the opposite.

Since D/D/D is a sub-archetype to D/D.

[young viper]

Yeah that would make sense for
How the names worked

I thought it would be harder like “oh sorry D/D and D/D/D are different”
A lot of the D/D effects work better with D/D/D cards though

[young viper]

In that case

[quick axle]

So a D/D can search D/D/D cards.

[young viper]

Does this apply for fusions and synchros to?

And XYz if it’s that specific

[sleek garnet]

Well you cant search from the extra deck

But yea [flame king ghengis] can revive a d/d/d extra deck mon

[vivid wave]

D/D/D Flame King Genghis

FIRE • Level: 6
[ Fiend / Fusion / Effect ]

ATK 2000 / DEF 1500

Effect

2 "D/D" monsters
If another "D/D" monster(s) is Special Summoned to your field, while you control this monster (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 "D/D" monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only use this effect of "D/D/D Flame King Genghis" once per turn. If this card is destroyed by battle, or if this card in its owner's possession is destroyed by an opponent's card effect: You can target 1 "Dark Contract" card in your GY; add it to your hand.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

I mean more like can a D/D/D monster be used in place of a D/D monster for synchro, XYZ or fusion summons

Or if “D/D” would specifically classify D/D monsters for that summon and not D/D/D

[sleek garnet]

It works like this

For all intents and purposes, a d/d/d monster is also a d/d monster

[young viper]

Nice

[potent ravine]

i just realized they never halved tax dragon's burn damage

konami truly are the dumbest fuckers

[young viper]

Ya know I thought all this time that Axel was a woman

[young viper]

brodie?

i just found out sora perse from arc-v is a boy and not a girl lol. def thought he was a girl

[young viper]

Alright I kinda like this akira guy

He seems good

[young viper]

Two events in a row where I get to farm my ass off and get tons of level ups
Couldn’t ask for a better time in DL

[young viper]

first time i've ever seen them do back 2 back speed gate events

taking advantage like never before

[dapper grotto]

Worlds is drawing near iirc.

Best time to practice in Ranked.

[robust void]

Is there any downside to using loaner decks during events

[sleek garnet]

You can only use them against the secondary event characters

But no actual punishment for using them, no

[robust void]

Yeah I just didn't want less points or anything

Thanks mate

Choccy I'm building Gemini in DL

Help

[sleek garnet]

deck's still fine

just got a bit of cheese taken out post metalsilver hit

[robust void]

How expensive is it

[sleek garnet]

it aint sky striker level but it gets close

rebirth of flame 3x, borrelsword slash 1x, ritual territory 1x, 3x gearfried SD, 1x armed neos SD, and then the generic links and rank 4s

most of the stuff was in good boxes so decent chance you have a few of the stuff needed

[robust void]

Blehhh. Thank you

[robust sail]

Yo does anyone want to fight in duel links

[young viper]

Question

My battlin’ boxer Dempshy has applied for special card processing, but he’s already got Aurora applied to him
If I change to Sephia or Noise, do I get that Aurora back or do I lose it in return for the new shades?

[potent ravine]

you lose it forever

[young viper]

https://tenor.com/view/fade-away-oooooooooooo-aga-emoji-crumble-gif-20008708

[robust void]

What do you get the armed neos SD for

[sleek garnet]

necrogardna

[robust void]

I c

I just got my first gearfried SD with play points

Can you verify a good list?

[sleek garnet]

yea one sec

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/top-decks/king-of-games/july-2025/geminis/gabfer38/6lvCu

this should be the most "standard" list

deck's kinda solved by now

[robust void]

Thank you!

Wow not even a catalyst field

[sleek garnet]

you can play 1 if you want

[robust void]

I'll have to fill up space somehow with the rarity of some of these cards

[sleek garnet]

dont personally like it since it doesnt generate advantage on its own

but its fine deckfiller yea

[robust void]

Yeah its like one effect away from being much better

Why graal btw

[sleek garnet]

"Set X face-down (its battle position can be changed)"

its a skill counter

[robust void]

Wow that's really funny

Omg the fuckfaces limited raptinus

Die

[sleek garnet]

i think it was a prehit too

really odd that it happened tbh

[robust void]

You're telling me they were afraid of gemini

[sleek garnet]

i genuinely think it was to protect bronze players from stall shenanigans

due to the battle protection

they hit worse things for that

[robust void]

Wow they were so afraid of gemini that they didn't give us phoenix gearblade!

That does make more sense I guess

[dapper grotto]

Settled on Sky Striker for my Ranked Deck until Legend. It's not interesting having Despia beat up some random decks in Gold. 😒

[young viper]

Ngl
I’ve been fucking up despias

All 3 despias I’ve faced so far I’ve beat with battlin boxers

[dapper grotto]

Were you going first on all 3 games?

[young viper]

I went first in 1 of them

The other two I went second
And yes I know what their dragon does

[dapper grotto]

What about their other fusions?

[young viper]

I’ve been hit by the Darklords
Maybe I haven’t seen a full powered branded deck but the ones I’ve seen primarily bring out the dragon and the first Darklord

[potent ravine]

thats them

[young viper]

The first Darklord is actually conveniently enough a perfect OTK tool for my star cestus cuz him and a 0 attack monster make for 4K damage

https://tenor.com/view/pacha-okay-great-meme-just-perfect-gif-13268829466700541863

[charred aspen]

holy shit konami made cydras fun again

[robust void]

Been leveling up Solomon. Forgot just how brutal the sinister serpent errata was. Even the skill is undertuned

Thought it would've been nice to have consistent discards for Gemini ablation but nah

[charred aspen]

when i last played it was before infinity came out and the deck was terrible, i got better results with my odion burn deck

now it actually feels good

[young viper]

Im doing this thing for the event where im going to get every character to at least lvl 30

Then i going to keep going if the events still on and have a huge backlog of gems for the next half off sale

[young viper]

oh all that support dropped almost a year ago, i thought something new happened

[robust void]

phoenix rising not letting you summon brutdragon or raptinus sucks. not that you necessarily should anyway but it would be nice if a competitive gemini deck got to use all of the gemini cards

[young viper]

hell yea brother

[young viper]

thats what i been tryna do too lol

and btw in doing so i was using alito and battlin boxers - i can see why you like em so much tbh

[hazy crow]

Be one step ahead, and furtheeeeer....

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/06d4d1c294bc17f88e1c9da90b4de4109004142034

[young viper]

They’re fun and pretty damn consistent

I’m a little stuck rn on a specific set of cards

It’s between

[ring announcer]

[vivid wave]

Ring Announcer

Normal Spell

Effect

(This card is always treated as a "Battlin' Boxing" card.)
Special Summon 1 "Battlin' Boxer" monster from your hand, then you can destroy Spells/Traps on the field, up to the number of Xyz Monsters you control. You can only activate 1 "Ring Announcer" per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

[Counterpunch]

[vivid wave]

Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch

FIRE • Level: 3
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 1100

Effect

During the Damage Step of either player's turn, when a "Battlin' Boxer" monster you control is attacking or being attacked: You can banish this card from your hand or Graveyard; that monster gains 1000 ATK, until the end of this turn. You can only use the effect of "Battlin' Boxer Counterpunch" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

Not that one

[jolt counter]

[vivid wave]

Jolt Counter

Counter Trap

Effect

During the Battle Phase, when a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated while you control a "Battlin' Boxer" monster: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

Between jolt counter and ring announcer

I’m also thinking of replacing needle ceiling with another flamvell counter

[young viper]

I have a feeling this is what I may want to go with

And then replace 1 glassjaw with a third uppercut

why counterpunch if its a lvl 3 and all your xyz are 4s?

It’s fodder for 1k extra attack

It avoids cards that save you if you even have 100 LP left and can win battles

And it works in hand and GY

So if it’s in my starting hand, pop it in the GY for alitos ability

ah nice

It’s still live and gets you advantage

There is a third option
And that’s XYZs gift

I don’t have it yet but a potential +2 for a game state I’m often going to have would be immaculate

[Xyzs gift]

[vivid wave]

Xyz Gift

Normal Spell

Effect

If you control 2 or more face-up Xyz Monsters: Detach 2 Xyz Materials from a monster you control and draw 2 cards.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

It also works in tandem with general Kaisers absorb ability

Either you’re popping glassjaw for a GY pickup, counterpunch for trap revival/a summon, or counterpunch for 1K extra damage for any battle

I learned to respect the ability as well because when you can pull 1 card that gives you an extra free normal summon and/or another that gives you 2 special summons from the deck
On top of getting a potential +2
Battlin’ boxers have it going

[small fern]

literally free with dyson sphere

[young viper]

I love Dyson sphere
It’s one of my favorite XYZs from an aesthetic standpoint

Pretty OK battle protection
But discount sephiroth isn’t all to exciting to play

[small fern]

gonna be heretical but
i oddly like synchro as backup for the tannhauser gate strat

and [cloudcastle] is veri decent

[vivid wave]

Cloudcastle

WIND • Level: 9
[ Machine / Synchro / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 3000

Effect

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can target 1 Level 9 monster in your GY; Special Summon that target. Level 8 or lower monsters cannot attack the turn they are Normal or Special Summoned.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

Can XYZs monsters be used for synchro summons?
Last I remembered they couldn’t

I also am rather confused on how XYZs leveling works because of a certain card

[level limit]

[vivid wave]

Level Limit - Area B

Continuous Spell

Effect

Change all face-up Level 4 or higher monsters to Defense Position.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

I see this in every stall deck I’ve went against
Yet when I go into rank 4 XYZs they don’t change to defense, only the monsters I summon before them

[small fern]

meant the reverse 😅

sometimes i don't have the spell card

[dry widget]

xyz monsters don't have any level at all; their number of stars is called a "rank"
since they don't have a level, they can't be used for a synchro or xyz summon (unless a card explicitly says you can) and are unaffected by any card effect that refers to levels

[young viper]

That’s so
Stupid

But I’m not complaining

[dry widget]

yeah i agree, it's goofy
but xyz monsters not being material for eachother is probably a good thing

[young viper]

I suppose it is a double edged sword

[mighty bramble]

Is this thing good

[sleek garnet]

it's gonna show up in later events

[potent ravine]

well it seems fine for pve or whatever

but i wouldnt take it over the gems

[young viper]

I take all new cards over gems
It feels good to have them in my eyes. Test em out n such

Also you don’t see to many effects that have the word “proceeding” in them.

This event however has me piled up to the neck in gems

That said
Getting all these characters to level 30 is
Weuuhgghhggguh

[potent ravine]

thats a terrible idea

just do it on your own and dont suggest that anyone do that

[dapper grotto]

I take the new cards for collection only ngl.

Not every card will be exchangeable in tickets...at least, not for a while.

[dry widget]

realistically speaking the gems are more valuable than the cards, the cards are unlikely to be good
but its also not a big deal either way, you can afford to skip 1 pack every... however often they do a pick a gift to feed your completionism

[young viper]

currently have 3774 event tokens which means i can farm lvl 10 akira with the 3x multiplier about ~251 times. assuming all wins at current bonus xp campaign, thats 2250 xp per win, for a total of 566100 xp. i MUST take full advantage of this

also, i believe the total xp it takes to max a character from lvl 1 to lvl 45 is 632100. and my lowest lvl character is 30, so i think i can max any character i want. might need to make a business decision to see what grind up reward is most worth it and max that character

[young viper]

I’ve been ahead of the line for a minute now

I just got Odion and Mako to level 30 at work and I’m working on bonz rn
I also have the blue angel just dueling the level 50s and she’s one level away from 30. I’ll try out Akira once she’s 30, I’m interested in tinangels

I also have 11 pages of unclaimed gems in my inbox. I’d say I have 800-1000 in each

[young viper]

I realized that getting every character to level 30 is unrealistic not because of time but because of resources. I decided I’m going to hit 30 with every character going down the gem reward list in missions

Even with 1,200 duel orbs

[young viper]

hell yea brotha

lets take advantage

[young viper]

wouldnt it be funny if the only way to get zombie world was through bonez

[young viper]

you can use sr tix

[young viper]

I know, just would’ve been a funny “what if”

Though there are a fair lot of cards you can only get one copy of through level ups anyways. Honestly it’s a good way to limit usage while not limiting the card itself

I’m gonna add my gem total up after the event ends tonight to see what I’m working with

All in missions, inbox and the 9999 just waiting there
Menacingly

hell yea

[young viper]

i still 5k event tokens to use, which is like 333 duels at lvl 10, 3x multiplier. hope i can use them all before event ends today

[young viper]

Lock tf in mate
I’ve still got 700 duel orbs and 500 tokens left

Very sad that the EXP boost ended tho

[young viper]

What sucks is, i have to make a 3 hr drive home today at some point. i'll try and do a real life riding duel during down parts of the drive but i obviously have to keep my eyes on the road lol

[young viper]

lmao yeah, actually drive mate
its heart of the cards, not life of the cards

[young viper]

i think im gonna manage to get all of DSOD at level 30 and maaaybe the og world to

then ill count my gems when the updates going

[young viper]

Oh we’re going straight into the next event ok

[young viper]

yea i didnt get to use all the event tokens and grind the way i wanted either. i was tired last night so i listened to my body and got good sleep lol. game's not going anywhere and this next event can be easy grinding too, not as good as red gate events but still

[robust void]

When event traders expire and automatically convert your items into coins, is the value equal to if you manually traded them for coins at the event trader?

[sleek garnet]

Do you even get a conversion for that? Didnt know

[young viper]

i dont think so, but i got 3k of the event orbs and cashed out. i ended up farming enough, counting gems now

this event can also be farmed i guess, but its way slower. at least we can triple rewards and auto duel tho

[young viper]

yea its also a good farming event tbh. makes 3 straight good farming events for us

well just 3 straight. the last one was peak, this ones mid

as for gems tho

currently by my calculations i am standing at 22,331 gems in my inbox and missions

along with my gems on hand i have 32,330 gems to spends

and i gotta start using them by the 8th of next month almost on the spot
really hope a discount event on packs happens beofre then

[young viper]

unfortunately there was a discount event on past packs last month in july

like it just ended i think on july 30 or 31

so we might not get that event until after your gems expire

ill hold out hope

if its getting too close, you may just need to pick a deck and in a non-discount box and start using your expiring gems on that

like despia or chimera from the newest box

oh yeah ive been doing that

i take out the gems from 1-20 in the inbox